Riding attachment for plows, harrows, and the like.



PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

H. P. GURTRIGHT.

RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS,HARROWS, AND THE LIKE APPLICATION IILBD oomz, 1907.

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H. P. GURTRIGHT.

RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS, HARROW S, AND THE LIKE. APPLIGATION FILED 00112, 1907.

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HARRY P. GUR'IRIGHT, OF HOLLIDAY, MISSOURI.

RIDING- ATTAGIEMENT FOB PLOWS, HARRWS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1908.

Application filed October 12. 1907. Serial No. 397,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY P. CURTRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holliday, in the county of Monroe and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Riding Attachments for Plows, Harrows, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what I shall for convenience term a riding attachment for plows, harrows and the like.

The device may be used with advantage in other connections, for example, as a support for a wagon body.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective article of the character set forth which can be adapted for different uses with rapidity and facility on farms and elsewhere.

The invention includes other objects and advantages which with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description wherein is outlined that form of embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

the novelty of the invention being included in the claims succeeding said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of theframe of the attachment and certain members connected with and forming part of the same. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the attachment showing the same connected with a plow. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the attachment connected with a different form of plow. Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the attachment connected with a harrow. Fig. -5 is a side elevation showing the attachment as supporting a wagon body. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are detail views hereinafter more particularly described.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The attachment includes in its construction a frame such as that denoted in a general way by 2 and shown clearly in Fig. 1. Said frame is represented as being substantially rectangular in form and as comprising two side bars 3 and 4, a front cross-bar 5 and a rear cross-bar 6. This frame may be made of metal or wood or, if desired, a combination of these materials; it may be of any desired size.

To the front and rear cross-bars 5 and 6 of the frame 2 are removably connected clamps which are adapted to receive between the sections thereof the beam of a plow, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, when the attachment is used in connection with such an implement, or a piece of timber can be inserted between these clamps when it is desired to use the attachment in connection with a harrow, as seen in Fig. 4. When the attachment is to be used in connection with a wagon body these clamps will be removed. As the two clamps are the same a detailed description of one will suffice for the other, and the rear clamp is fully shown in Fig. 1. Referring to this figure, shown there in full it is represented as consisting of two duplicate substantially similar sections as 7 of approximately rightangular formation. The horizontal portions of these members fit flatwise against the crossbar 6 and are adjustable toward and from each other, being held in their adjusted positions by bolts, screws, or the like, such as shown by the numeral 8. These bolts or screws extend through longitudinal slots as 9 formed in the horizontal portions of the members 7 and by loosening said bolts or screws, the members 7 can be moved toward or from each other. Thevertical portions or branches of the members 7 also have longitudinal slots as 10 to receive a bolt as 11 which is adapted to overlie the beam of a plow shown as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. In the case of the bolt 11 of the front clamp, said front bolt may extend under or over the beam of the plow, depending upon the form of said beam, both relations being indicated in said two figures. By virtue of the extension of the bolts 11 through the slots 10 said bolts can be vertically adjusted to adapt them par ticularly to the position of the beam'of the plow, which beam, it will be understood, extends through the sections or jaws 7 of the two clamps. It will be clear that these sections or jaws 7 may extend upward or downward from the cross-bars 5 and 6, respectively.

In Fig. 2 the front or forward sections 7 are shown as depending from the cross-bar 5, while, in Fig. 3, they are shown as rising from said cross-bar so as to adapt the attachment to the particular form of the plow beam. Both sets or pairs of jaws might extend u Ward or both might extend downward. 11 use, the said members or sections 7 will be spread apart and a plow beam will be intro duced between them, after which they will be moved toward each other and the bolts 8 set up. Following this the bolts 11 will be introduced so as to securely hold the beam of the plow in place. To the rear cross-bar 6 of the attachment I may connect in some suitable way a seat as 12 for the driver.

To the side-bars 3 and 4 I removably connect the bearings 13. These bearings may consist of plates fitted flatwise against the outer surfaces of said bars 3 and 4 and having flanges as 14 to fit against the upper or lower surfaces of the side-bars 3 and 4. The

bearings 13 are held removably in place by bolts as 15. The bearings 13 have projections as 16 to receive the axles 17 and 18 respectively. These projections 16 may either extend downward or upward from the frame 2, the particular disposition thereof depending upon whether the beam of the plow crosses over the top of the cross-bar .5 or passes below the same. In addition to the bearings 13 the frame is provided with further bearings such as those denoted in a general way by 19 and 20 respectively. The bearing 19 is provided with a perforated projection 21 through the perforation of which the forward axle 17 is adapted to extend when said axle is located below the frame 2, and is provided further with a toothed segment 22 having a perforation to receive said forward axle 17 when said axle is located above said frame. In the case of a plow such as that shown in Fig. 2 it is necessary that said axle be located above the frame 2, while with the plow shown in Fig. 3 the axle is located below the frame. The bearing 19, therefore, h as provision for receiving the axle in both relations. The bearing 13 is shown as positioned to receive the axle 17 when located above said frame. Should it be necessary to put the axle below the frame it would be necessary to reverse or invert the bearing 13, as indicated in Fig. 2. The rear bearing 20 is provided with a downward projection 23 which, like the projection 16, is perforated to receive the rear axle 18. The bearing 20 is provided with a toothedv segment 24 and it and the bearing 19 may be removably held to the side-bars 3 and 4 by means of bolts denoted in each case by 25.

In Fig. 1 the bearings 13 are diagonally opposite each other, while the bearings 19 and 20 are diagonally opposite to each other, this disposition of parts being present when the attachment is used in connection with a plow, harrow, or other farm implement which it is desired to transfer into a riding implement.

hen it is desired to use the device in connection with a farm wagon the bearings 13 and 20 and 19 and 13 respectively will be moved toward. each other and to a place substantially centrally of the length of the sidebars 3 and 4, said side-bars being shown as perforated as at 26 to receive the bolts 15 and 25, respectively, when the said several bearings are in such central positions, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The axles 17 and 18 are each shown as cranked, the cranks being denoted'by 27 and 28 respectively and being provided with wheels each denoted by 29. As shown best in Fig. 4, the cranks 27 and 28 are located at opposite sides of the frame 2. One end of the rear axle 18 is provided with the crank 28, the opposite end of said rear axle having a squared portion to removably fit a correspondingly shaped opening in the lower end of the hand-lever 30, said hand-lever being provided with an adjustable detent or dog to cooperate with the teeth of the segment 24. By the manipulation of the hand-lever 30 the axle 18 may be turned so as to raise or lower the rear portion of the'frame 2 by means of the swing of the crank 28, the vertical adjustment of the rear portion of the frame being retained by the detent or dog on the hand-lever 3O engaging in one of the spaces between the teeth of the segment 24. It will be clear that, by the rotation or rocking of the forward axle 17 the front portion of the frame 2 can be correspondingly adjusted. The forward hand-lever which op crates in connection with the front axle 17 is denoted in a general way by 31 and it includes in its make-up an upper portion or handle proper 32 which can be used in connection with the stub portion 33 or the stub portion 34, each of the latter having squared openings to removably fit the squared portion of the front axle 17. The upper portion 32 of the handle 31 is adapted to be separably connected with either the portion 33 or 34. It is used in connection with the portion 34 when the axle 17 is over said frame 2, as indicated in Fig. 3. The upper portion 32 of the handle 31 is provided with a dog or detent to cooperate with either of the series of teeth 35 or 36 of the segment 22. Then the lever 31 is used in a short condition, as shown in Fig. 2, the series of teeth 35 will be used. When the lever 31 is lengthened by the employment of the butt or stub portion 35 the series of teeth 36 will be used, it being clear that the two series of teeth are defined by arcs struck from different centers.

In using the attachment in connection with a harrow, I prefer to mount a piece of timber as 37 between the clamping members 7, said clamping members at this time rising from the cross-bars 5 and 6 respectively. The forward end of this timber is connected to the center ring of the harrow spreader at the double-tree. In using the attachment in connection with a farm wagon I dismount the clamping members 7 and support the wagon body 38 (see Fig. 5) by the skeleton or open frame 2. The clamping members 7 prior to the mounting of the body in position are removed and said body will be located between the segments 22 and 24 situated at this time between the ends of the side bars 3 and 4 respectively. The body 38 may be held in place by hook bolts 39, the hooks of which engage the cross-bars 5 and 6 and the upper portions of which extend through lugs as 40 extending forwardly and rearwardly respectively from said wagon body 38. The threaded portions of the bolts 39 are shown as provided with nuts 41 which bind against said lugs 40. This provides a way of separably associating the wagon body 38 with the frame 2. Said wagon body is shown as provided with a draft member 42. By removing the bolts 39 the body 38 can be easily dismounted from the supporting frame 2. It will be clear that, prior to the use of the frame 2 for supporting the wagon body 38, the several bearings hereinbefore described are moved toward each other along the opposite side-bars 3 and 4.

What I claim is:

1. In an attachment of the class described, an open frame, bearings detachably supported by the sides of said frame, each bearing being adapted for connection with the sides of the frame at different points in the length thereof, means for holding the bearin s fixedly in their adjusted positions, and 0 amps carried by the forward and rear ends of the frame.

2. In an attachment of the class described, an open frame, bearings detachably supported by the sides of said frame, each bearing being adapted for connection with the sides of the frame at different points in the length thereof, means for holding the bearin s fixedly in their adjusted positions, and 0 amps carried by the forward and rear ends of the frame, and each of said clamps comprising two members adjustable toward and from each other.

3. In an attachment of the class described, a frame having side portions and a transverse portion, bearings detachably supported by the side portions of said frame, each bearing being adapted for connection with said side portions at different points in the length thereof, means for holding the bearings in their adjusted positions, and certain of the bearings having toothed segments forming respectively parts thereof, clamping means carried by the transverse portion of said frame, axles supported by said bearings, each axle having a cranked portion provided with a wheel, and means for independently turning the axles.

4, An attachment of the class described comprising a frame having side-bars and front and rear cross-bars, and clamps connected with said cross-bars, each clamp coinprising two substantially right-angular sec-v tions, one branch of each of which is fitted against a cross-bar and is longitudinally slotted, and bolts passing through the slots of said branches, the other branches of the said clamps also having longitudinal slots. i

5. An attachment of the class described comprising a frame having side-b ars and front and rear cross-b ars and clamps connected with said cross-bars, each clamp comprising two substantially rightangular sections, one branch of each of which is fitted against a cross-bar and is longitudinally slotted, bolts passing through the slots of said branches, the other branches of the said clamps also having longitudinal slots, and perforated bearings carried by the side bars, said bear ings being removably mounted and two of them being provided with toothed segments. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY P. CURTRIGI-IT. Witnesses:

F. E. SNELL, W. O. CUNNINGHAM. 

